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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2016, 3:26 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2016, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2016, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 20, 2016, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
991 WHUS42 KTBW 200826 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 326 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 FLZ155-160-162-210100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0025.161120T1300Z-161121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161121T1800Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- 326 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT AREA BEACHES. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AT: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION... PRODUCTS... OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ050-151-165-210000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0025.161120T1300Z-161121T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE- 326 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
011 WHUS42 KTBW 210008 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 708 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 FLZ155-160-162-211800- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-161121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161121T1800Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- 708 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE MONDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS... POSSIBLE MONDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AT: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION... PRODUCTS... OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. && $$ FLZ050-151-165-210115- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-161121T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE- 708 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 10:02 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 4 hr | |
| Nov 20, 3:10 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 28 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | TBW | 13 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.